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Samuel W. Smith flew for two hours during his check flight. Everything went well. The major complimented his abilities...

In closing, Maurice Hackler declared that he fought in World War 2 in order to become a pilot. He intended to use that...

Vernon Leopold was trained as a radio operator at Camp Wolters, Texas then went into the ASTP, Army Specialized...

[Annotator's Note: Henry Armstrong served in the Army on a forward observer team in Battery B, 607th Field Artillery...

Wallace Yip, Sr. was in basic training at Camp Claiborne [Annotator's Note: Camp Claiborne, Rapides Parish, Louisiana...

The Germans would use flares at night and drop them over the American convoy. At night this would illuminate the fleet...

James Britt was born in Asheville, North Carolina in March 1914. His mother worked in a bank. His father served in...

From Nebraska they flew to Bangor, Maine. There were 36 planes that flew out of Maine to go overseas. They were...

When his company [Annotator's Note: 198th Signal Photographic Company] went to Okinawa [Annotator's Note: Okinawa,...

One of Crump’s friends was on watch on a ship that was torpedoed. Crump’s convoy had about 35 percent casualties. The...

George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group...

Norman Ikari believes that it is important that kids learn about World War 2 and American history. This history is long...

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